CT-33 Silver Star, F-AYMD

The T-33 was the US Army’s first jet trainer, designed to train pilots already qualified on propeller-driven aircraft.
It was developed from the F-80 single-seat fighter by extending the fuselage by around a metre to accommodate a second cockpit.
Initially designated the TF-80C, the T-33 made its first flight in 1948. Production continued until 1959, with 5,691 T-33s built. In addition to its use as a trainer, the T-33 has been used for tasks such as drone guidance and target towing, and in some countries even as a fighter aircraft.
The T-33 is one of the best-known aircraft in the world, having served in the air forces of more than 20 different nations over several decades.

The F-AYMD was produced under licence in Canada in 1954 by Canadair under the designation CT-133. Numbered 263, it was one of 656 CT-133s powered by a Rolls-Royce Nene 10 instead of the Allison J33 initially chosen by Lockheed for American production.
After its career with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), of which it was one of the last to be used, this aircraft was purchased by François Dubreuil from the Jet Aircraft Museum in London, Ontario, Canada. Registered as C-FUPK, the jet no longer flew, but was in an excellent state of preservation and was regularly taken out to run its engines.
Its livery is reminiscent of the École d’Aviation de Chasse at Meknès and then Tours, which was a long-time user of the type for the French Air Force. It is not authentic, because it represents the T-33 with which Michel Tanguy obtained his first aerial victory at the end of his first adventures, the 1959 album l’École des Aigles.